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for lunch was held in a particularly interesting pocket of 
scrub forest, at the herd of navigation of Moggill Creek. 
Many interesting trees, shrubs and vines were listed by 
Mr. Blake. After lunch a start was made across country 
for Lone Pine through some open forest country, which, 
despite the dry weather, had much of interest for our 
members. Afternoon tea and a rest on the banks of the 
Brisbane River, whilst we waited for the bus, finished a 
very fine outing. 
In July we again went over the Lota-Manly area 
which, though now largely built on, still provides items 
of geological and other interest. 
The next outing in August was from Darra to Oxley 
and this was a long walk with little to be seen by the way. 
Boronia grows well in this area in places, but was missed 
by the party on that occasion. Some interesting bird life 
was a little compensation for the walk. 
The next excursion was the one in September to 
Sunnvbank which was an all day Sunday effort, held with 
the idea of securing seme flowers for exhibit at the evening 
meeting the following day, and quite a number were 
secured. This area, though close to Brisbane, can still be 
relied on for a wealth of botanical material for the student. 
An outing to. Sandgate on November 17th finished up 
the year s excursions, and, as usual, the lagoons and sea 
front provided much of interest for all those, attending. 
GEO. H. BARKER, 
Hon. Excursion Secretary. 
ORIGIN AND EARLY YEARS OF THE 
QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS' CLUB 
By C. W. HOLLAND 
In the same year (1859) that Queensland was made a 
separate colony there Avas established in Brisbane a Philo- 
sophical Society which gave much attention to the natural 
sciences. Later on, in 1884, the Royal Society of Queens- 
land Avas inaugurated and the Philosophical' Society was 
shortly aftenrards amalgamated with it. 
In 1886 a Field Naturalists’ Section of the Royal 
Society was formed at the instance of Mr. Henry Tryon. 
It started off with a membership of over fifty, blit only a 
small pronortion of these were actiA r e. 
The inaugural meeting was held on 6th October, 1886 
and among those present were Dr. Joseph Bancroft (chair),’ 
